Arioso Chamber Ensemble Arioso Chamber Ensemble presents a brand-new magical musical experience, “Blessings, Curses and a Charm,” in Richmond and Montpelier this weekend. Alto Linda Radtke, pianist Alison Cerutti and violist Elizabeth Reid have compiled a program celebrating all things mystical and mysterious and sure to conjure the witchy wistfulness of late autumn. The centerpiece of the show is the premiere of “Six Curses and a Charm” by Saxtons River composer Carol Wood, which was inspired by ancient Roman and medieval incantations. The spellbinding singing continues with otherworldly works by Johannes Brahms and Franz Schubert.
Arioso Chamber Ensemble Arioso Chamber Ensemble presents a brand-new magical musical experience, “Blessings, Curses and a Charm,” in Richmond and Montpelier this weekend. Alto Linda Radtke, pianist Alison Cerutti and violist Elizabeth Reid have compiled a program celebrating all things mystical and mysterious and sure to conjure the witchy wistfulness of late autumn. The centerpiece of the show is the premiere of “Six Curses and a Charm” by Saxtons River composer Carol Wood, which was inspired by ancient Roman and medieval incantations. The spellbinding singing continues with otherworldly works by Johannes Brahms and Franz Schubert.
Wed, 07/28/2021 - 10:53pm meganj LINDA RADTKE
On Friday, July 30, the Salisbury Summer Performance Series will host a program (that had to be postponed last year) in celebration of the centennial of Women’s Suffrage. Linda Radtke, host of the “Choral Hour” on Vermont Public Radio, will present “From the Parlor to the Polling Place: Stories and Songs from the Suffragists.” Classically trained, Radtke is a member of Counterpoint, the Ariana Singers, and the Arioso Chamber Ensemble. Most recently she participated in the ensemble for the Middlebury Opera Company production of “Candide.” Her historically-based performance is co-sponsored by the Salisbury Historical Society and the Vermont Humanities Council.
Social Justice Offerings 100th Anniversary of Women s Suffrage POWER, PRIVILEGE & THE VOTE: Focus on Women, Culture & Herstories of Suffrage (2020) Overview
Women vote today because of the women’s suffrage movement, a courageous and persistent political campaign which lasted over 72 years, involved tens of thousands of women and men, and resulted in enfranchising one-half of the citizens of the United States. If the history of the suffrage movement was better known, we would understand that democracy for the first 150 years in America included only half of the population. And we would realize that this situation changed only after the enormous efforts of American citizens in what remains one of the most remarkable and successful nonviolent efforts to change ingrained social attitudes and institutions in the modern era. Women